A driver called 911 shortly before 6 p.m. to report a car speeding, swerving from shoulder to shoulder and almost hitting a bridge. It started near Perry and was headed south into Metro Des Moines.

When a Polk County deputy and state trooper caught up to the car near Grimes, the driver accelerated to speeds of up to 80 mph and crossed into the northbound lanes facing traffic head-on.

"It didn't seem to be someone actually fleeing from an officer or deputy, didn't seem like that type of driving," said Lt. Jana Abens of the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Police said the driver was identified as 24-year-old Steven Schulte, of Carroll.

"At that point both the trooper and the deputy both thought, 'we need to think outside the box here and figure how we can get this vehicle stopped,'" said Abens.

After narrowly missing many northbound vehicles, officers were able to get ahead and behind the vehicle and bring it to a stop in the 3300 block of NW 100th Street in Urbandale.

Authorities said Schulte did not respond to the officers' commands to exit the vehicle so they broke out two windows to gain access.

"They just sort of received a blank stare, that incoherent -- wasn't comprehending what was being asked of him and just kind of sat in the driver's seat without moving," said Abens.

Reserve Deputy Troy Cline accidentally fired his weapon during the incident, but no one was hurt. (watch video)

"That unintentional firing of the weapon happened when the deputy went to reholster his weapon, completely unintentional definitely wasn't something he meant to do," said Abens.

Schulte was taken into custody and was transported to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

Authorities said Schulte apparently was suffering from a medical issue during the chase. They have not yet provided details about the medical issue.

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911 CALL TRANSCRIPT:

911: "911. The location of the emergency?"

Caller: "We are on 141. We have been traveling up to 75 miles an hour. We are behind a grey…"

911: "First of all let me go on record as saying do not speed after anyone. I don’t want you to speed for any reason. So, it's a silver Grand Prix?"

Caller: "Silver Grand Prix."

911: "Right."

Caller: "The operator I was talking to wanted to tell him where he was at. He's crossing the center line under heavy traffic. We’re at mile marker 148."

911: "OK."

Caller: "The license plate number was 6-2-4-R-L-A."

911: "Yep."

Caller: "Polk County."

911: "OK. Sir, what's your name?"

Caller: "Randy Patrick."

911: "P-A-T-R-I-C-K?"

Caller: "Yes."

911: "Sir, what's your phone number?"

Caller: "My cell is x-x-x-x-x-x-x."

911: "OK. Let's see here…"

Caller: "He's going off the curve. He's in the gravel."

911: "OK. OK."

Caller: "The last operator told me to keep him posted where he was at so I've been following him."

911: "Yeah, yeah. I understand that, but I don’t you, I don’t want you to speed to put yourself in danger at all just to keep up with them. OK."

Caller: "We're at 149."

911: "Go ahead."

Caller: "He's pulling away from me. I'm doing 65-70."

911: "Copy. Yeah, I just don’t, you know, I don't want you to put yourself in danger to catch up to this person, you know, they’re pulling away from you…"

Caller: "He's over the yellow line again, going towards the median and he's over in the center line now and we’re going towards a bridge. Oooh. He was swerving towards the bridge and I thought he was going to hit it."

911: "Aaah."

Caller: "Now he is over the center line going all the way to the right, going off the gravel… almost hit the gravel, so he's using both lanes."

911: "Wow. We have people trying to catch up with him."

Caller: "OK."

911: "I'll stay on the phone with you. We have people who are trying to catch up with him, trying to get him stopped."

Caller: "Do you know how far behind us they are? Oh, trying to get him to stop?"

911: "They're down by Grimes so they are going to be trying to get him to stop the other way."

Good afternoon, a dangerous police chase, caught on tape! A wrong-way driver passes dozens of cars. And after all those near- misses, a reserve deputy accidentally puts a bullet in the driver's car door! It all ended on Northwest 1- hundredth Street, just south of Douglas in Urbandale. KCCI's Mark Tauscheck is LIVE at the scene right now! This is where the chase ended Sunday evening on NW100th just south of Douglas ...when you look at this dash cam video you will realize how lucky it is this chase didn't end very badly. It started in Perry, when an electrician called 9-1-1 while following a car driving erratically on 141... 9-1-1 tape - :39-"he's crossing center line, and there's heavy traffic." A Polk County deputy and a State Trooper join the chase in Grimes...watchi ng the silver Grand Prix drift all over the road...blow red lights ...clip construction barriers... 1:17-"it didn't seem to be someone actually fleeing from an officer or deputy.. didn't seem like that type of driving." Then a dangerious situation gets even worse by the Urbandale Target store when the driver jumps into the northbound lanes of Urbandale Drive - headed straight into oncoming traffic... 2:23-"at that point both the trooper and the deputy both thought we need to think outside the box here and figure how we can get this vehicle stopped." The driver has his first near miss on Urbandale Drive...then narrowly misses a car stopped on the side of the road...he continues the wrong way down Nw100th... thankfully there were no cars waiting for the light in the middle lane as he blows through this intersection...th en narrowly misses another head on collision just north of Douglas Avenue... finally after 2 minutes driving the wrong way - the state trooper gets in front of the car and forces the driver to stop... the trooper, deputy, and reserve deputy Troy Cline all approach with guns drawn.. 3:54-"they just sort of received a blank stare, that incoherent, wasn't comprehending what was being asked of him, and just kinda sat in the driver's seat without moving." Reserve deputy Cline, on the right side of the screen...helps break the windows to get to the man who still has the car in drive...then when he puts his baton back onto his utility belt, he transfers his gun from one hand to the other...and accidently shoots the car door... 4:42-"complete ly unintentional, definitely wasn't something that he meant to do." No one was injured during the chase or the accidental shooting... the Sheriff's department says it turns out the driver, 24-year-old Steven Schulte of Carroll was driving so erratically because he was having a some type of medical emergency - we haven't heard the specifics... but so far Schulte has not been charged with any crime. ...as far as reserve deputy Cline, a review board will look at possible discipline in this case... Mark Tauscheck, LIVE in Des Moines this

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